Private Edward Amos Gunby

Army Number : 116717

Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British War and Victory Medal Born at Leicester and lived at Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Maria Gunby, of Main Street, Blidworth. Husband of Ada Annie Gunby, of Slack Lane, Ripley, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 5th December 1916. He went to France 17th August 1918 and was killed in action 20th October 1918, in the attack on the German positions near the River Selle, France.

Photograph of Private Edward Amos Gunby kindly submitted by Rachel Simpson

Buried: Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes, France. Row A, Grave 33.

Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes, France.

Private Edward Amos Gunby is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Blidworth War Memorial, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire.
All Saint’s Church War Memorial, Ripley, Derbyshire.